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Orientation of Key Resource Persons Teaching Hindi as Second Language
at the Upper Primary Stage
The orientation for key resource persons was organised from 4 to 7 October 2010
at Port Blair. The objective of the programme has been to familiarise the group with new
approaches and innovative classroom practices for teaching of Hindi as a second
language at the upper primary stage. It has been suggested that multilingual
approach should be adopted for teaching the language. Difficulties faced by the
students have also been discussed. Forty-seven participants attended the programme.
Orientation of Key Resource Persons Teaching Hindi as First and Second
Language at the Secondary Stage
The orientation progrmme was organised for key resource persons from 20 to
23 July 2010 at NIE, New Delhi. The programme emphasised the need of adopting
progressive methodologies for teaching Hindi as first and second language at the
secondary stage. The group deliberated on the issues of teaching poetry, prose,
grammar and pronunciation as well. Forty participants attended the programme.
Orientation of Key Resource Persons in Hindi as Core and Elective at
the Senior Secondary Stage
The orientation programme was conducted from 21 to 24 September 2010 at
Thiruvananthapuram for the key resource persons. It has been a combined
programme which highlighted issues related to teaching of Hindi as a core and
elective subject. The difficulty areas in the teaching and learning of the language
were discussed. Core and elective courses are meant for intensive and extensive
study of language. It was also suggested to the group that the concept of
continuous and comprehensive assessment should be implemented for language
evaluation. Thirty-nine participants attended the programme.
Orientation of Key Resource Persons in Urdu at the Primary Stage
The programme conducted from 21 to 24 February 2011 at Mumbai. The
orientation programme could not be held in Jammu and Kashmir as proposed
due to unavoidable circumstances. Therefore the programme was conducted for
the KRPs of Maharashtra. The resource persons have been oriented on the issues
related to teaching of Urdu in primary classes e.g. introduction to alphabets,
pronunciation and grammar. Focus has been on strengthening skills of language.
Assessment in primary years and difficulty areas of language teaching / learning
has also been discussed. Thirty participants attended the programme.
Orientation of Key Resource Persons in Urdu at the Upper Primary Stage
The orientation programme was conducted from 29 November to 2 December
2011 at NIE, New Delhi. The objective of the programme was to discuss the goals
of teaching Urdu at upper primary stage, framing the strategies for teaching of
prose and poetry, nature of assignments and problem areas. Twenty one
participants attended the programme.
Orientation of Teachers and Key Resource Persons in Urdu as Core and
Elective subject at the Senior Secondary Stage
The programme was conducted from 13 to 16 December 2010 at NIE, New Delhi
for teachers and key resource persons. The group discussed the content and
classroom practices for teaching of Urdu as core and elective subject.
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